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The world's weirdest beaches

From a LEGO-strewn beach in Cornwall to the Hawaiian strip where the sand is green, these are the world's weirdest beaches -- Perran Sands, Cornwall Why's it weird? Every day hundreds of LEGO pieces wash up on Perran Sands in Cornwall, and other nearby beaches. The phenonenom is due to a huge wave hitting a container ship in 1997, sending tonnes of its cargo overboard. Many of the recovered items can be seen on the Facebook page Lego Lost at Sea
, by Tracey Williams. • The best hotels in Cornwall